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Images are instantly rendered to the browser when properly sent on the chat, however if you send a oneboxed image, it will not render as it would normally.

For instance the below will work as expected:

http://site/image_with_proper_file_extension

While this one:

[http://site/image_with_proper_file_extension](http://site/some_other_link/)

Or this one:

[![description](http://site/image_with_proper_file_extension)](http://site/some_other_link/)

Or this one:

[![description][1]](http://site/some_other_link/) [1] http://site/image_with_proper_file_extension

Will show you the image link rather than an image. The link will be shown as expected regardless, at least on the first example.

Sample image working:

desc

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    Image which is a link is not "oneboxed". Looks like you confuse some terms.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 23:47

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Chat does not support displaying images in those fashions. Your only option to display an image is to post just the image URL or (if it's a weird image link) the URL preceded solely with an exclamation point (which explicitly tells the chat client to treat the URL as an image URL).

From the Chat FAQ:

Some links will be automatically inlined if posted on a single line by themselves, such as:

  • Stack Exchange questions, answers, and users
  • Chat messages and rooms
  • Images
  • Wikipedia pages
  • Amazon products
  • Youtube videos
  • Twitter messages
  • Github gists
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  • FWIW I tried to answer your question solely on the examples you provided. I don't really know what you mean by "send a oneboxed image" - images get oneboxed if sent by themselves.
    – animuson StaffMod
    Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 23:34
  • But [text](link) does work and there is nothing saying that [image](link) shouldn't once they are both supported
    – Prix
    Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 23:35
  • I was under the understanding that [image](link) is a oneboxed? kindly reword on how I should call if its not.
    – Prix
    Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 23:36
  • The [description](url) wouldn't even show an image normally on-site, in the comments or in a post. That is and always has been the syntax for displaying a link, not an image. Chat definitely would not even look at that URL to try and figure out if it's an image or not, because that's not the syntax for it.
    – animuson StaffMod
    Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 23:37
  • It does show but the code is slight different. @animuson I have updated the question with a linked image.
    – Prix
    Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 23:37
  • I'm not quite sure what you're saying. There is no image syntax for chat. The ![description](url) syntax you normally would use for images simply does not work in chat rooms. You can't use it. Your only option to get an image to display is to paste the URL by itself into a message.
    – animuson StaffMod
    Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 23:43
  • Well it just looked to me that it would appear to be a bug since I can use the very same syntax and not get the same result on the chat.
    – Prix
    Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 23:46

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